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Chemistry's climate of scepticism

2013-10-21T00:00:00Z

Philip Ball asks why chemistry seems to have more than its share of global warming’s opponents

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Michelson's interferometer

2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

Science at the speed of light

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Divided by a common language

2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

American and British English may differ, but data has no borders

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Crystallography 101

2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

Philip Ball reflects on a century of progress in the science of structure

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Flashback: 1983 – a new award from the RSC

2013-09-30T00:00:00Z

The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship was launched to encourage research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry of transition metals

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Scholarisine A

2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty marvels at a parade of intricate radical reactions

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The great chemistry cookoff

2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Is the comparison between chemistry and cooking really an insult?

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Clearing the air about the hydrogen economy

2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hydrogen as an important fuel is no pipe dream, says Martin Smith

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What's the use?

2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

Not every reaction can be run in a bucket, says Derek Lowe, but there are limits to what should be classed as ‘useful’

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Emancipate your data

2013-09-23T00:00:00Z

Henry Rzepa explains why our data deserves a place all its own

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Possible versus practical

2013-09-19T00:00:00Z

Hype and fanciful predictions are distracting society from finding realistic solutions, say William Banholzer and Mark Jones

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Misconduct: on the blog and in the open

2013-09-06T00:00:00Z

When formal investigations of research misconduct are opaque and sluggish, it is inevitable that chemists will take to the blogs to debate suspicious papers, says Mark Peplow

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Synthetic biology is bursting with life

2013-09-04T00:00:00Z

Synthetic biology is shifting into high gear. To truly thrive, it needs chemists, says Mark Peplow

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Kirchhoff’s spectroscope

2013-09-03T00:00:00Z

Illuminating the dark corners of science

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Steviol

2013-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sculpting a molecule from a larger whole is an unusual but effective strategy, says Paul Docherty

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The never-ending story

2013-09-02T00:00:00Z

Keeping up with the literature is impossible, says Derek Lowe.

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Chemistry - The next generation

2013-09-01T00:00:00Z

How can we attract, educate, inspire and retain the brightest and best?

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Up the carbon path

2013-08-30T00:00:00Z

The unique properties of element six mean it has a variety of uses

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Flashback: 1983 – Cookson Group celebrate golden anniversary

2013-08-30T00:00:00Z

Cookson Group celebrate 50 years at Perivale site

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Science unlimited

2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

Diversity breeds creativity, says Geri Richmond, but only if everyone feels part of the team